My Downloads Extension – Nightfall Update

Meet Nightfall, the latest update to My Downloads Extension.

Nightfall brings a cleaner, more customisable download-management experience designed to go beyond Chrome’s default downloads page.

Here’s a breakdown of the latest updates.

What’s new?

A cleaner downloads dashboard

• Refined card-based download layout
• Improved spacing, contrast, and visual hierarchy
• Clearer download status indicators
• Better handling of completed, interrupted, and in-progress downloads
• Updated extension icon package for improved toolbar visibility

Light, dark, and system themes

Choose between:

• Light mode
• Dark mode
• Follow system preference

Dark-mode contrast has also been improved across buttons, dialogs, settings, and the welcome page.

Customise your action buttons

Choose how download actions appear:

• Icon + label
• Icon only
• Label only

This lets you keep the interface compact or make each action more descriptive.

Improved date and time controls

You can now choose how timestamps are displayed:

• Exact date and time
• Date only
• Time only
• Relative time
• Hidden

Safer history management

Removing a download from history now leaves a clear visual record:

• The filename is struck through
• The file icon is muted
• The status changes to “Removed from history”
• File actions are disabled
• The removed state remains until visible history is cleared

Confirmation dialogs are also available before removing individual downloads or clearing history.

New keyboard shortcut and context-menu access

My Downloads can now be opened using the default shortcut:

Ctrl+Shift+Y

The shortcut can be changed through Chrome’s extension shortcut settings.

A new right-click menu option, Open My Downloads, is also available.

Improved welcome experience

The updated welcome page now lets you:

• Jump straight into your downloads
• Open preferences immediately
• Learn about the main features
• Access release notes and privacy information
• Configure your keyboard shortcut

Improved lifecycle and feedback handling

Nightfall includes improved install, update, and uninstall handling, including tokenised uninstall feedback support through the shared feedback system.

Localised interface

The interface now includes complete translations for:

• English
• German
• Spanish
• French
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Simplified Chinese

Built with privacy in mind

My Downloads only requests the permissions needed to manage download history, store preferences, provide the context-menu shortcut, and open the extension’s own feedback and update pages.

No browsing history or website content is collected.

Thank you for using My Downloads Extension. Nightfall is another step towards making Chrome’s download experience faster, clearer, and more personal.

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